National law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised at three awards events, including LawCareers.Net’s Training and Recruitment Awards, in the area of graduate employment.

Riverview Law, the new ABS entrant to the legal services market, is set to offer 10 training contracts and 10 legal apprenticeships this year.

What does acting ‘in good faith’ mean and how is it interpreted in the legal system for joint venture and shareholders’ agreements?

The legal profession's widespread use of unpaid work experience has impeded social mobility, according to a report commissioned by Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

A group of lawyers at international law firm Dentons have reported a decrease in their stress levels after completing a new mindfulness scheme.

The Treasury Solicitor’s department has become the first government department to commit to the Law Society diversity charter, making it the 400th signatory to date.

Professional support charity LawCare has released its annual statistics from 2015, revealing that it received just over 900 calls to its helpline, made by 496 individuals.

Applications for The Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) 2021 – “a scholarship with a difference” – opened on Monday 1 March.

How will the CMA respond to complaints about unfair practices in relation to cancellations and refunds?

If you’re interested in any client-facing role, it’s inevitable you’ve heard both firms and individuals stress the importance of commercial awareness. However, the legal profession is broad and diverse in the types of work that lawyers do. Does this mean that every type of lawyer needs to be commercially aware? This article explores both sides of this question.

Since March, the UK has seen restrictions being lifted and the government’s four-step roadmap offering a route back to a more normal life. Although we are gearing slowly towards normality, there’s no denying the impact coronavirus has had on our lives and the legal profession. 

The College of Law is in talks with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education to open a campus in Singapore later this year, in a move that will see the CoL become the first British law school to establish a campus in Asia.

Law firms are avoiding reporting the true extent of their gender pay gaps and regulations should be updated to force them to be transparent, Conservative MP Maria Miller has said.

Kaplan Law School's plan to introduce an admissions test for entry onto its LPC course has been blocked by the SRA, according to a recent report in the Lawyer.

Two firms have stepped up their contributions to making law a more gender-equal profession, with Freshfields banning “Dear sirs” as a way to begin communications and Latham & Watkins launching a breastmilk delivery programme for its travelling lawyers. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has approved the alternative business structure licence for Jordans Corporate Law.

The Territorial Army is actively recruiting lawyers via a just-launched TV ad campaign.

The application process for seven social welfare law training contracts, organised through The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) is currently in full swing.

LawWorks and the Bar Pro Bono Unit have teamed up to launch a fundraising competition for law school students – the Law School Challenge 2012.

The recent LawCareers.Net Trainee Survey has revealed that 81% of respondents used either LawCareers.Net or The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook, or both, as part of their hunt for a job.